Taking to her Instagram handle, Samantha wrote, "And I finally watched the movie today! Gunashekar Garu, you have my heart. What a beautiful film! One of our greatest epics brought to life so endearingly! I can't wait for our family audiences to be swept away by the powerful emotions! And all you kids out there, you're going to love our magical world! Dil Raju Garu and Neelima, thank you for this wonderful journey. Shaakuntalam will forever be close to me!"(sic)

Shaakuntalam is an adaptation of Kalidasa's Sanskrit play Abhijnanashakuntalam, widely considered to be one of the finest works of literature to have emerged from the Indian canon. 

Shaakuntalam, has Malayalam actor Dev Mohan (in his Telugu debut) as its male lead. Mohan Babu, Gautami, Madhoo, Ananya Nagalla, Jisshu Sengupta and Aditi Balan are playing supporting roles. Shaakuntalam is produced by Gunasekhar’s daughter, Neelima Guna and distributed by Dil Raju. Veteran music director Mani Sharma has composed the music for Shaakuntalam, with Sekhar V Joseph and Prawin Pudi handling cinematography and editing, respectively. Shaakuntalam will release in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.